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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Dennis G. Cronin, Redmond, WA (US);
Ronald A. Morris, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Dennis G. Cronin, Redmond, WA (US);
Ronald A. Morris, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
Abstract
While playing back video on a display device, a user request to display a navigation bar corresponding to the video is received. In response to receiving the user request, the navigation bar is displayed on the display device. This navigation bar includes multiple thumbnails each corresponding to a different location in the video. A user selection of one of the multiple thumbnails is received, and playing of the video is changed to begin playing at a location corresponding to the selected thumbnail.